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Can trans women get prostate cancer?

Trans people who were assigned male at birth and male assigned non-binary people can get prostate cancer or prostate disease. This includes trans women (or transgender women or transsexual women) who identify and live as women.

If you are a trans woman or male assigned non-binary person, you will have a prostate, regardless of whether you have had genital reconstructive surgery or not. Find out more about the prostate,prostate cancer and prostate problems.

You may have heard that trans women who are on hormone therapy (e.g. oestrogen) won’t get prostate cancer or that the chance of getting it is low. But there is not enough evidence to say either way. Trans women who have been taking feminising hormones are still at risk of prostate cancer.

What information is there about prostate cancer if you are a trans woman?

If you are a trans woman with or worried about prostate cancer you can find out more about diagnosis and treatment.

At the moment, we do not have any information specifically for trans women because not a lot is known about trans women’s experience of prostate cancer.

However, we are currently researching what information and support trans women want and need. If you are a trans woman and would like to help us, please complete our survey.

In the meantime, if you are a trans woman and have questions about prostate cancer you can call our Specialist Nurses. Or you can visit our online community group for trans women.